In south-eastern Europe, too, remote working in rural areas is attracting an ever-increasing number of workers seeking a better balance between personal and professional development. Despite ongoing challenges, this trend is now seen as a potential solution to the depopulation of marginalised areas. Our report

11/08/2026, Francesco Martino  Bansko

With the end of Yugoslavia, the system that supported wine production in the federation’s territories crumbled. After years of difficult transition, some producers are now attempting to rebuild the sector on new foundations, focusing on quality and global competitiveness

10/08/2026, Ian Bancroft 

Chechnya adds a unique dimension to transnational repression: beyond being a state that pursues its opponents abroad, it is also a system of control made up of family, community, informal networks and apparatuses. Second part of our in-depth analysis

07/08/2026, Marilisa Lorusso 

The Rama-Meloni agreement takes on a significance that goes far beyond the management of repatriations on behalf of the Italian state, and therefore of Europe. More than a simple bilateral agreement, the protocol has become a political and legal precedent, anticipating some of the rationales currently at the heart of the European debate on the externalisation of migration

06/08/2026, Daniela Ioniță, Fioralba Duma 

At the end of July, Özgur Özel, the Turkish opposition leader, left the Republican People’s Party, founded by Atatürk, announcing the formation of a “New party”. How will this split impact the internal dynamics of the opposition and its ability to challenge the Erdoğan regime? An interview

05/08/2026, Burcu Karakaş  Istanbul

Some 1.2 million youngsters have left Ukraine since 2022, and roughly two million are neither in education not in employment. Both institutional and civil society actors are increasingly focusing on offering good opportunities to them

04/08/2026, Andrea Braschayko